habit

Significado

Noun

1. An action performed on a regular basis.
2. An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
3. An addiction.

Verb

1. To clothe.
2. To inhabit.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhæbɪt/

Etimologia

From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“I have, hold, keep”). Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þēaw.